Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' is one of a number of hybrids arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor.
First mentioned by Kirchner in 1864 as U. fulva Hort.
[1] A specimen in the Herb.
Nicholson at Kew was identified by Melville [1] as a rather broad-leafed form of U.
× hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder).